Swing Pony Trades

Options Trader | Human Psychology Enthusiast 🎙️ placeyourtrades

[Swing Pony Trades @SwlngPonny]

You’re up +30% on an options play.

You don’t lock profit.

Next thing you know, you’re down -10%.

You hold out for a reversal.

No reversal. Down -30% now. It’s gotta reverse soon, right?

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Ladies and gentlemen, it's official.

1:1 USD / EURO

[Swing Pony Trades @SwlngPonny]

My first few hours in the market are always the strongest. When I overstay my visit, I end up:

1. Babysitting a position I could have locked on
2. Overtrading on mediocre setups
3. Giving back a portion of my gains

Worse than all of that? Burning MENTAL capital.

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My BFF.

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Elon. $DOGE. Lucid ad.

It’s like FinTwit Night Live.

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Long overdue.

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For every +500% gain you see on your feed, there are hundreds of contracts expiring worthless or being sold for a loss.

Stay focused. Most of social media is a highlight reel after all.

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Great minds discuss ideas.

Average minds discuss events.

Small minds discuss people.

~ ER

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I remember when I had my first call with
RadioSilentplay
and he introduced the Rule of Three.

It was eye opening & everything made beautiful sense, *but* - mentally I struggled with choosing a PPM (PERSONAL profit margin) and staying loyal to it.

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Pew Pew Pony.

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Texas winters hit different. 

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Better to end the day up +$30 than down -$1200, but sometimes we trade ourselves into oblivion because the size of the green isn’t substantial enough.

Adopt a marathon mindset

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Mid-workout epiphany. 

Position size is like choosing weights. Too heavy, and your execution will suffer. You might even hurt yourself.

Master a weight (size) where you can execute with proper form, & then gradually apply the progressive overload principle for bigger gains.

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D.A.R.E:
To resist oversizing on 0DTEs.

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Few things bring joy to my inbox + nourish my brain like
JamesClear
’s 3-2-1 newsletters. Every Thursday. 

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Normalize starting to lock some profits at 20-30%. What bank is going to give you that?

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Don't you dare go back and look at the calls you sold earlier today.

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Would you rather...?
[A] lock profits and see a play run higher
[B] not lock profits and see a play tank

After many experiences with the latter, I’ll choose Option A any day - and keep emotion out of it. Take a bite of the meat and move onward.

Greed / fear don’t serve us here